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Hydrogels for tissue engineering.

Kuen Yong Lee, +1 more
- 31 May 2001 - 
- Vol. 101, Iss: 7, pp 1869-1879
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This article is published in Chemical Reviews.The article was published on 2001-05-31. It has received 4511 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Self-healing hydrogels.

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Alginate: properties and biomedical applications

TL;DR: This review will provide a comprehensive overview of general properties of alginate and its hydrogels, their biomedical applications, and suggest new perspectives for future studies with these polymers.
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Hydrogels for biomedical applications.

TL;DR: The composition and synthesis of hydrogels, the character of their absorbed water, and permeation of solutes within their swollen matrices are reviewed to identify the most important properties relevant to their biomedical applications.
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Hydrogels for tissue engineering: scaffold design variables and applications.

TL;DR: Hydrogels are an appealing scaffold material because they are structurally similar to the extracellular matrix of many tissues, can often be processed under relatively mild conditions, and may be delivered in a minimally invasive manner.
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Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

TL;DR: The synthesis of hydrogels from polymers forming ionically and covalently crosslinked networks is reported, finding that these gels’ toughness is attributed to the synergy of two mechanisms: crack bridging by the network of covalent crosslinks, and hysteresis by unzipping thenetwork of ionic crosslinks.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present methods of preparation of strong poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels without utilization of chemical crosslinking or reinforcing agents and discuss biomedical and pharmaceutical applications of these gels.
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TL;DR: It is shown that, similar to natural macromolecules of the extracellular matrix, the synthetic polymers are able to participate in the control of cell function.
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